Viking settlers in ancient Scotland were the ancestors of the first people to use the name Horseason. It comes from the name Aassi, which is a Old Norse form of the Old English personal nameOswald, which means divine power. The original spelling of the surname Horseason was Aassiesen, and this form is preserved in the Shetlands; many diminutive forms of the surname also exist. The surname was recorded in the Landnamabok (the Icelandic Book of settlement), as Asi.

Early History of the Horseason family

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Horseason Spelling Variations

Translation and spelling were non-standardized practices in the Middle Ages, so scribes had only their ears to rely on. This was a practice of extremely limited efficiency, and spelling variations in names, even within a single document, were the result. Over the years, Horseason has appeared Aassie, Assi, Assie, Aasie, Hoseason, Hosison and many more.

Early Notables of the Horseason family (pre 1700)

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Migration of the Horseason family to Ireland

Some of the Horseason family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.Another 47 words (3 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Horseason family to the New World and Oceana

The fertile east coast of what would become US and Canada was soon dotted with the farms of Scottish settlers. Some of them remained faithful to the crown and called themselves United Empire Loyalists, while others had the chance to pay back their old oppressors in the American War of Independence. That brave spirit lives on today in the highland games that dot North America in the summer. Passenger and immigration lists indicate that members of the Horseason family came to North America quite early: William Hoseason, and family who migrated directly from the Shetlands about 1730 to Jamaica. This family eventually married into the distinguished Bruce family of Jamaica..